My Brightest Diamond

Country noir, a great way to describe the moody, almost gothic take on country by bands like Sixteen Horsepower, Handsome Family and My Brightest Diamond. The latter is the nom de plume of Shara Worden. A few months ago, her second album was released. The bio on her Myspace reads: A Thousand Shark’s Teeth is a musical snowglobe that sparkles each time you touch it. The songs, whose themes broach intimacy, kisses by moonlight, laundry, lost friendship and more, marry vast instrumentation – marimbas, harps, clarinets, French horns, rabid guitars, vibraphones to name a few – to create an unequaled amalgamation of style and color.'

She did a session for French rockmag Les Inrockuptibles, earlier her haunting version of Roy Orbison's It's Over was made available. Now, here's an mp3 of MBD's reprise of Edith Paif's Padam Padam. See Shara and her ukelele here. There's an EP coming out featuring two Piaf-covers by MBD, Hymne a L'amour and Adieu Mon Coeur.
I've added Piaf's original, and a German (!) cover by Petula Clark.

Edith Piaf - Padam, Padam (clip)
My Brightest Diamond - Padam, Padam
Petula Clark - Padam, Padam